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Thumb Culture Staff

Thumb Culture Staff

77.1

Avg Score Given

-3.3

Steam Disparity

+12.1

MC Disparity

-0.3

Combined Disparity

966

Reviews

125 early (13%)676 launch window (70%)165 late (17%)

Scoring Pattern

N/A

Lowest Score

100

Highest Score

17.9

Score Spread(variance in their own scores)

Disparity by Outlet

The journalist's average disparity score per outlet

Thumb Culture

966 reviews

-0.3

Review summary

Updated

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Oct 18, 2026

Based on 966 scored reviews, Thumb Culture Staff gives games an average score of 77.1/100. Thumb Culture Staff scores games 3.3 points lower than Steam users and 12.1 points higher than Metacritic users.

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Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 966)+

Alien Breed 35th Anniversary CollectionviaThumb Culture
Oct 12, 2026Launch window
100/100View review
Steam 84.6/100 · +15.4 pts
Order of the Sinking StarviaThumb Culture
Oct 7, 2026Early review
100/100View review
Steam 97.1/100 · +2.9 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +19.0 pts
Dog in the MachineviaThumb Culture
Oct 6, 2026Launch window
100/100View review
Steam 100/100 · 0.0 pts
Cards Everywhere!viaThumb Culture
Oct 2, 2026Launch window
40/100View review
Steam 73.0/100 · -33.0 pts
Bunker Tidy UpviaThumb Culture
Oct 1, 2026Launch window
80/100View review
Steam 88.4/100 · -8.4 pts